Wild Weather Monger Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Funny, were gonna meet our FFC predicted totals in an hour. Temp sure did drop fast. 33 at the start and 28 currently. Up to an inch now. lol...so much for "mainly after 1 am". For the first time in a week, I have no idea what the latest models show. Radar and ground truth time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATkeL Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 As noted by the minute by minute updates on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website: 9:49 p.m.: Small groups of people are venturing out onto the snowy sidewalks in downtown Atlanta. In Walton Spring Park, outside the Westin at Andrew Young International Boulevard, a family was spotted making snow angels. They were joined by others and seen building a snowman. 9:45 p.m.: All lanes of the Downtown Connector southbound are closed at Abernathy Boulevard and University Avenue. Can you tell we don't get snow all that often? And another drink. Cheers everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 How quickly the conditions went down here has been pretty remarkable. Heavy snow with low visibilities and a lot of wind. A surprising amount of wind in fact. Just took a walk in the field and winds are probably gusting to 25 to 30mph out of the southeast. (no obstruction in the field for nearly a half mile) Obviously caused by this band but it's remarkable. Reminds me of the blizzard of 93 to be honest...although that happened in the daytime here. Yeah this band has been absolutely incredible, this is probably the fastest I've seen snow accumulate in Georgia. Going out to measure again, looks like about 1.5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXinCanton Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 man, when the layer was satured ... game on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaStorm Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Nice heavy band lifted north and everything got covered here. Looking good out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 How quickly the conditions went down here has been pretty remarkable. Heavy snow with low visibilities and a lot of wind. A surprising amount of wind in fact. Just took a walk in the field and winds are probably gusting to 25 to 30mph out of the southeast. (no obstruction in the field for nearly a half mile) Obviously caused by this band but it's remarkable. Reminds me of the blizzard of 93 to be honest...although that happened in the daytime here. You aren't going to like the space between these fingers when it gets there, but it looks like another solid finger is lifting up to me. That is a super cold wind blowing...the good cad wind I got in here a month or so back. 28 here and waiting until the space fills in. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepSouthSC Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 It's about time! I hope you have your camera ready...lol Virga storm still currently overhead as I wait patiently...currently 33 deg here Several hours of virga, as I may add. LOL It seems like we've had returns going on forever. My 8 year old son wanna stay up and briefly watch the snow, but sleep is creeping in on him. Bless his heart. LOL Hopefully, things get underway here very shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 1.75" now on the back deck. Still coming down hard, temp is at 27. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Still coming down, about 3" now, still snowing hard, will have a video uploaded to YouTube shortly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Yeah this band has been absolutely incredible, this is probably the fastest I've seen snow accumulate in Georgia. Going out to measure again, looks like about 1.5". Mine started a little later but Going on an inch here already. It's wicked out there right now. Monster flakes. How often do you see this being reported in georgia Latest athens observation. Time: 1/9/11 - 0329Z 22:29EST Temperature: 27° F / -3° C Dew Point: 23° F / -5° C Relative Humidity: 86% Altimeter: 30.28 in / 1025.40 mb Wind Speed: 10 mph / 5 m/s Wind Direction: from the SE Weather conditions: hvy snow, ice fog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 3.00" here since 9:00. No updates from FFC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 3" here as an estimate. Snow board got stepped on... Almost looks like it is backbuilding along I20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QC_Halo Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Watching the **** Show that is ATL traffic on the Weather Channel right now. I know you guys bust on FFC often. its looking like a major nightmare on ATL interstates right now. Any of that to blame on the local NWS office? Or would it have been that way no matter what. I mean its 10:30 Sunday night, so i cant imagine its casual traffic of any kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mello Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Watching the **** Show that is ATL traffic on the Weather Channel right now. I know you guys bust on FFC often. its looking like a major nightmare on ATL interstates right now. Any of that to blame on the local NWS office? Or would it have been that way no matter what. Wouldn't matter. ATL can't handle this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaPilot Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 No precip here on the south side for almost the last two hours. Only about a 1/4-1/2 inch of pellets/snow grains/sleet. Stuff is crusty frozen and roads are bad. Gotten pretty windy in the last hour too. Need to see more snow out of this, but i'm starting to wonder if we are just too much on the wrong side of things. NOT looking forward to ZR here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Watching the **** Show that is ATL traffic on the Weather Channel right now. I know you guys bust on FFC often. its looking like a major nightmare on ATL interstates right now. Any of that to blame on the local NWS office? Or would it have been that way no matter what. I mean its 10:30 Sunday night, so i cant imagine its casual traffic of any kind. Atlanta is a city of hills. No one takes that into account when they think they can drive in it. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QC_Halo Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Wouldn't matter. ATL can't handle this. Good thing this didnt hit at Rush hour Monday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Watching the **** Show that is ATL traffic on the Weather Channel right now. I know you guys bust on FFC often. its looking like a major nightmare on ATL interstates right now. Any of that to blame on the local NWS office? Or would it have been that way no matter what. I mean its 10:30 Sunday night, so i cant imagine its casual traffic of any kind. I think the snow moved in earlier than forecast, but they're fine on amounts. They did issue a special weather statement regarding the sleet moving in early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 twc noted some thundersnow near the al/ga border Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaStorm Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 twc noted some thundersnow near the al/ga border Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 A tick over 2" here. I think I'll stop measuring until we get into the dry slot, it's ridiculous here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATkeL Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 snow at 2240 on 01092010.bmp I think my roommates are starting to hate me. Giggle maniacally, run outside, scamper in snow, take measurement, come back inside to upload picture and reply to comment on facebook and twitter. Repeat. Oh, yeah, 3 inches. Temp steady at 29.1 Heavy snow again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Several hours of virga, as I may add. LOL It seems like we've had returns going on forever. My 8 year old son wanna stay up and briefly watch the snow, but sleep is creeping in on him. Bless his heart. LOL Hopefully, things get underway here very shortly. Post of the snowstorm, IMO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXinCanton Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 im at 27. nice wetbulging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdog_10_2002 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 awesome reports everyone. send it up our way and would love to see pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwagner88 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I drove from Orlando to Chattanooga this afternoon. Just got in a few minutes ago. It was snowing when we drove through ATL, but it was above freezing and not sticking yet. Looks like we made it through just in time. I'm awaiting my thumping up here with a perfect temp of 28 degrees. On radar, it looks like this is gonna be a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullCityWx Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Dewpoint is up to 14 at KCLT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QC_Halo Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 im at 27. nice wetbulging that sounds kind of dirty hah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWY316wx Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Almost 3" here. But since I measured I believe we are at 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I drove from Orlando to Chattanooga this afternoon. Just got in a few minutes ago. It was snowing when we drove through ATL, but it was above freezing and not sticking yet. Looks like we made it through just in time. I'm awaiting my thumping up here with a perfect temp of 28 degrees. On radar, it looks like this is gonna be a good one. Yep, interstates are basically shut down in ATL. You look do do great with this storm! 26.5 and heavy snow here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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